单词 | coronation |
释义 | coronationn. 1. a. The action of crowning; the ceremony of investing a sovereign, or the consort of a sovereign, with a crown as an emblem of royal dignity, on or soon after his accession. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > crowning crowninga1250 crownmentc1300 coronation1388 encrownment?a1400 incoronation1470 crownationa1533 sacre1584 coroneting1881 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Sam. Prol. This secounde book of Kingis makith mencioun of the coronacioun of Dauith. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 193 The coronacyon of sadoyn and of his wyff Beatrix. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 3 You come to..behold The Lady Anne, passe from her Corronation . View more context for this quotation 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 146 The stone on which the emperors formerly kneeled at their coronation. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. v. 379 He does not seem to have received the ecclesiastical rite of coronation. b. transferred and figurative (e.g. ‘crowning’ at draughts). ΚΠ c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 50 Vij blodes Crist He bled,..Þe fourþ in His coronacion [with the crown of thorns]. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 13 The day of our owne coronation with an incorruptible crowne of glorie. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 27 The loss of three of her men [at draughts] at a swoop, aggravated by the coronation of an opponent. 2. figurative. Crowning of a work; completion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] enda1300 chevisancec1330 applyinga1382 perfectiona1382 pointc1385 finishmentc1400 accomplishingc1405 complement1419 consummationa1425 effecta1425 performinga1425 accomplishment1425 fining?1448 complishing1449 complishment1454 achevisauncec1475 achievement1477 perfectinga1513 cheving?1518 furniture1529 achievance1531 exploiture1531 exploiting1538 perimplishment1554 consummating1555 finishing?1563 chevance1570 coronation1582 crowning1586 adimpletion1624 fulfilment1624 complusmenta1628 completure1642 completement1652 transaction1655 patration1656 perfunction1656 completion1657 completing1727 ultimation1791 finality1833 perfectuation1859 fruition1885 1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones Pref. Prayer The saluation of our soules, and the coronation of thy gifts in vs. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 521 Mingling togither their blood for a..coronation of their long and perfect loue. 1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 393 This is about the coronation of a climax, some will surely think. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. ΚΠ 1587 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 25 For bread & drinke which the ringers toke on the coronation day, vj d. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 180 A cough sir, which I cought with ringing in the Kings affaires vpon his coronation day sir. View more context for this quotation 1702 London Gaz. No. 3804/2 The Treasurer of the Houshold threw about the Coronation Medals. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 139/2 A kind and good King, whose coronation robes are but a few months old. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 219 Handel's coronation anthem..was played by Dr. Camidge on the organ. b. Designating articles produced to commemorate a particular coronation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective] > commemorated > for coronation coronation1838 1838 C. M. Yonge Let. 6 Aug. in C. R. Coleridge C. M. Yonge (1903) 133 The thimble is a Coronation thimble. On one side of the rim it has ‘Victoria’ and on the other ‘Crowned, 28th of June 1838’. c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) i. 4 Over the mantelpiece, which is high, with brass candlesticks and two ‘Coronation’ tumblers in enamel, hangs a picture of Venice. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. xii. 165 The china cupboard contained Silver Jubilee and Coronation mugs. 1967 A. Laski Seven Other Years xiii. 192 The Coronation mug (Edward VII) he sometimes used for drinking tea. C2. coronation bracelet n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 340/1 The armillæ or coronation bracelets. coronation oath n. that taken by a sovereign at his coronation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > taken by sovereign at coronation crown oath1649 coronation oath1709 1709 Refl. Sacheverell's Serm. 6 By the first of William and Mary, chap. vi. the Coronation-Oath is establish'd. coronation rolls n. (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > official record > specific perambulationc1455 fine rolla1603 exhibit1702 perambulatory1773 birth certificate1821 death certificate1850 protocol1880 coronation rolls1883 birth paper1888 1883 W. Jones Crowns & Coron. 284 The coronation rolls contain the commission and proceedings of the commissioners appointed to hear and declare claims of service to be performed at coronations, as well as the oaths taken by the king or queen when crowned. 1963 Guide to Contents of Public Record Office I. 18 Coronation Rolls... These contain the formal record of the Coronation ceremony and of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed to hear and determine claims of service to be performed at coronations, and also the oath taken and the declaration made and signed by the Sovereign when crowned. Draft additions October 2001 coronation chicken n. (also with capital initial(s)) chiefly British a cold dish of cooked, usually diced chicken served in a sauce flavoured with apricots and curry spices (so named because the dish was originally created for a lunch held to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, at which it was called Poulet Reine Elizabeth). ΚΠ 1956 C. Spry & R. Hume Constance Spry Cookery Bk. xxxi. 1030 The menu chosen was as follows... Poulet Reine Elizabeth..—Coronation Chicken. 1990 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. iii. 3/1 These [sc. puppy shows] almost invariably have coronation chicken and/or cold salmon playing a starring role, followed by strawberries and cream, and who is complaining? 2001 Warsaw Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 July My coronation chicken sandwich with bhuna sweet curry sauce was appetizing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1388 |
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